- [Voiceover] So now that you have…written your configuration, whether you've used…parameters, or DependsOn, or the allnodes, now what?…Remember, there are three phases to DSC configuration,…there's the authoring phase, the staging phase…and finally, the configuration phase.…What we're going to take a look at in this video…is actually taking our configuration files and staging them,…and folks, I'll tell you what, this is where I really…fell in love with what DSC can do for you…underneath the covers, and how we actually work…with these configuration files.…Here, I have my configuration file from my website,…where I'm going to install IIS.…

I'm actually going to install ASP-Net45,…and I'm gonna copy over directory,…and how we can publish a new website…into that environment we just created…for us to use in leverage.…But now I gotta get this staged,…and since I'm using a push model or a pull model,…how we stage these files are pretty much the same way,…and how we actually create them.…The only difference between the two different model…

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5/24/2016

Learn the essentials of PowerShell Desired State Configuration. DSC is a new IT management platform built on Windows PowerShell that enables administrators to define the desired state of their systems through declarative configuration documents, and manage configuration data on an ongoing basis.

Current IT pros will need to understand DSC as they move into managing Microsoft's next wave of server and cloud products that will leverage this important technology. In this course, Matt Hester shows how to write configuration documents, work with DSC resources, and apply configurations to systems via both push and pull modes. Plus, he shows how to troubleshoot DSC and use DSC in non-Windows environments like Linux.

Topics include:

Why we need DSC

Understanding DSC architecture

Working with built-in and custom resources

Creating a DSC configuration

Staging configured data

Creating, testing, and restoring DSC configurations with the push model